Resurrection bodies
At the first Easter, Jesus showed himself not as a disembodied spirit but in bodily form – why does this matter?
Restructuring imagination
It’s natural to refer to someone who has just died in the past tense. For these two disciples, walking to Emmaus, hope had died too. But then Jesus opened their eyes to see him
Renewing joy
We can only imagine the range of extreme emotions Mary went through in those few minutes, but we know where it ended up: joy. It took longer for some, but all the disciples were transformed by the knowledge that Jesus was with them forever.